Seed Meeting: "Acquired Demyelinating Syndromes (ADS)"

The seed meeting, which took place on 13 and 14 November 2016, was made possible by the French Embassy in the UK in order to pursue a European collaborative initiative about inflammatory demyelinating diseases and anti-MOG antibodies that was initiated in Paris last year.

Clinicians and researchers from UK, Spain, Holland, Italy and France were gathered together during this 2 days meeting to discuss various topics from basic science to clinical aspects of the diseases. At the end of the meeting, it was decided:

To establish a European consortium which would follow « good partnership/collaboration practice ».

To pursue a collaborative study which is under preparation about relapsing demyelinating diseases with anti-MOG antibodies and their treatment. This study would lead the path to apply for future European grants.

To apply to a specific European call for proposals in the next few months, and a consortium led by France will apply for a project regarding inflammatory demyelinating diseases and a novel therapeutic approach.

To start a relapsing anti-MOG genetical study to be led by Pr Hintzen from Holland.